EWSC winners Gilles, McGrath, VanHierden & Bangart pick up trophies by Waldo Oil
Friday, July 11th, 2014, Manitowoc WI. – Once again a wide, fast track greeted the racers on Waldo Oil Trophy Night. Newcomers and veterans provided some excellent racing action on the smooth, multi-grooved surface.
GRAND NATIONALS
The evenings Grand National Feature was led to the track by 7s Tim Simon (Fon du Lac) and 21 Kevin Lubach (Elkhart Lake), while 74 Chad Ninmer (Cleveland) and 66 Travis Moehring (Sheboygan) filled out Row 2. Lubach ran out to a quick lead over Simon and 37 Ryan Minster (Sheboygan), but a caution flew before the second lap was completed. The cars involved, 7 Brian Gilles (Plymouth) and 8x Brad Juckem (Chilton), were both sent to the rear of the pack for the restart. The field went back green,
with Minster quickly passing Simon and going after Lubach for the lead. Minster took the lead on Lap 4, while 98 Kevin Naidl moved in on Lubach for 2nd, but the second caution came out for a spin low in Turn 2 involving Juckem and 9 Seth Hoeffner (Manitowoc). Minster led the group back to green, with Lubach, Naidl, Simon, and Ninmer rounding out the top 5. A lap later 93 Daniel Schumacher (Milwaukee) broke into the top 5 as he worked his way around Ninmer. At the midway point it was Minster, Naidl, Lubach, Schumacher, and Gilles, recovering from the early spin to work his way back through the pack. Lap 13 produced another caution as Minster and Naidl made contact coming off Turn 4, leaving Minster in the infield and Naidl with the lead. Both cars were determined to be involved, so both drivers were sent to the rear of the field, handing the lead to Gilles, with Lubach riding runner up. The field managed to complete one lap, before yet another caution, this time for Hoeffner, who spun in Turn 3. Gilles led Schumacher, Lubach, 17 Mark Kuhfuss (Sheboygan Falls), and Ninmer to green. Ninmer passed both Lubach and Kuhfuss to slide his way to 3rd. Gilles rolled under double checkers for the win, followed by Schumacher, Ninmer, Lubach, Naidl, Minster, and Kuhfuss. Gilles earned the hard charger honor for passing 11 cars.
Heat 1 – 1, Matt Jackson. 2, Steven Weber. 3, Ryan Minster. 4, Seth Hoeffner. 5, Chad Ninmer. 6, Kevin Lubach. 7, Brad Juckem.
Heat 2 – 1, Brian Gilles. 2, Daniel Schumacher. 3, Kevin Naidl. 4, Mark Kuhfuss. 5, Travis Moehring. 6, Tim Simon.
Feature – 1, Brian Gilles. 2, Daniel Schumacher. 3, Chad Ninmer. 4, Kevin Lubach. 6, Ryan Minster. 7, Mark Kuhfuss. 8, Steven Weber. 9, Matt Jackson. 10, Tim Simon. 11, Seth Hoeffner. 12, Travis Moehring. 13, Brad Juckem. 14, Kevin Naidl (DQ/Lost muffler)
BAILEIGH INDUSTRIAL LATE MODELS
The Baileigh Industrial Late Model Feature thundered onto the track with 33 Ron Stroika (Mukwonago) and 70 Brian Gilles (Plymouth) on the front row, 97 Justin Schmidt (Cleveland) & 6 Tony Peterson (Big Bend) setting Row 2. Schmidt got a great jump on green and ran out to the first lap lead, with Gilles, Stroika, and d7 Jim Letizia (Milwaukee) following him across. Waukesha’s Russ Scheffler, in the orange and black 74 brought out the yellows on Lap 2 as he spun high in Turn 1, with the field narrowly missing him. Schmidt led the group back to green once again, with Gilles and Letizia trying to reel him in. The top 2 in points both had started deep in the field, as last weeks winner 7b Tim Buhler (Glenbeulah) started 11th, and 74m Mitch McGrath (Waukesha) started 8th. They were both working hard to move through the pack. At the 10 lap mark it was still Schmidt stretching out his lead, followed by 98 Tom Naeyaert (Shawano), McGrath, Gilles, 74 Scheffler, 75 TJ Dolhoun (Milwaukee) and Buhler. Schmidt had just moved into lapped cars as caution flew for Stroika, who had spun in Turn 4 on Lap 13. Coming back to green it was Schmidt, Naeyaert, McGrath, Scheffler, and Gilles. McGrath shot around Naeyaert and went about chasing down Schmidt, finally passing him for the lead on Lap 17. Scheffler and Buhler then moved in and put pressure on Schmidt. At 5 to go it was McGrath, Scheffler, Buhler & Schmidt running door to door, and Naeyaert. Crossing under the stand for the win it was McGrath, with Scheffler, Buhler, Schmidt, 15s Rick Scheffler, Naeyaert & Dolhoun. McGrath and Buhler tied for Hard Charger honors picking up 7 spots.
Heat 1 – 1, Tim Buhler. 2, TJ Dolhun. 3, Russ Scheffler. 4, James Letizia. 5, Justin Schmidt. 6, Ron Stroika.
Heat 2 – 1, Rick Scheffler. 2, Eric Van Iten. 3, Mitch McGrath. 4, Tom Naeyaert. 5, Tony Peterson. 6, Brian Gilles. 7, Scott Haugstad.
Feature – 1, Mitch McGrath. 2, Russ Scheffler. 3, Tim Buhler. 4, Justin Schmidt. 5, Rick Scheffler. 6, Tom Naeyaert. 7, TJ Dolhun. 8, Briam Gilles. 9, Eric Van Iten. 10, Tony Peterson. 11, Ron Stroika. 12, James Letizia. 13, Scott Haugstad.
DEFAUT AUTO SPORTMODS
The Defaut Auto Sportmods were the next to the track, with 84 Bradley Ruh (Elkhart Lake) and 17 Jonathon Otte (Cedar Grove) leading the pack. Last event winner 63b Jesse Brey started 11th, and a whole host of newcomers were sprinkled through the line up. Ruh used the low line to jump out to the early lead, with 94 JJ Anderson (Pulaski), 19w Cory Wegner (Neenah) making up the top 3 and a whole group of cars running 3 wide behind them. On Lap 4 66c Colten VanHierden (Beaver Dam) rolled around Ruh for the lead, and began to pull away. Five laps in it was VanHierden, Ruh, Anderson, 20 Cody Schroeder (Manitowoc) and 25 Travis Arenz (Sheboygan) in the top 5. The field started to stretch out at this point as drivers were running low, middle and high. Halfway it was still VanHierden just starting to run into lapped traffic, Schroeder, Anderson, Ruh, and Arenz, while Brey was up to 6th. VanHierden found a line that worked for his car and stretched out the lead, while Arenz got around Anderson and tried to chase down Schroeder. Three drivers, Brey, Ruh, and 53b Brian Reif (Mishicot) were battling hard over 5th place. VanHierden crossed for the win, followed by Schroeder, Arenz, Anderson, Brey, Reif, and Ruh. Hard Charger honors to VanHierden and Schroeder, both picking up 7 spots.
Heat 1 – 1, Colten VanHierden. 2, Cody Schroeder. 3, JJ Andersen. 4, Travis Arenz. 5, Rick Kretschmann. 6, Bradley Ruh. 7, Cody Eickberg. 8, Brandon Berth. 9, Gary Glander. (DNS).
Heat 2 – 1, Jesse Brey. 2, Michael Plate. 3, Brian Reif. 4, Cory Wegner. 5, Jonathon Otte. 6, Jordan Tuyls. 7, Jarred Rautmann. 8, Robby Thiel. 9, Cole Fenske.
Feature – 1, Colten VanHierden. 2, Cody Schroeder. 3, Travis Arenz. 4, JJ Andersen. 5, Jesse Brey. 6, Brian Reif. 7, Bradley Ruh. 8, Brandon Berth. 9, Cody Eickberg. 10, Cory Wegner. 11, Robby Thiel. 12, Jordan Tcyls. 13, Michael Plate. 14, Cole Fenske. 15, Jonathon Otte. 16, Rick Kretschmann. 17, Jarred Rautmann. 18, Gary Glander (DNS).
SPORT 4’S
The Sport 4 feature was led out by 3b Cody Booth and 3g Brandon Goeser (Chilton), with 8 Mike Meier (Chilton) and 3 Justin Erickson (Plymouth) in the second row. Erickson grabbed the early lead but was involved in a huge incident on the backstretch that also involved 76 Mike Montie (Abrams), 7m Chris Maas, Meier and Booth. Erickson and Maas were able to continue. Goeser led the restart, with 4 Shawn Bangart, 55 Brian Chaminati (Manitowoc), 43 Team Brendel (Sheboygan Falls) and 22jr. Bangart grabbed the lead and held it til the final lap, but after a rough driving penalty was levied against the 22jr, Bangart was awarded the win, with 22jr taking 2nd, Goeser, Meyerhofer, Chiminatti and Brendel.
Heat 1 – 1, Mike Montie. 2, Chris Maas. 3, Brian Chiminatti. 4, Jeff/Scott Brendel. 5, Mike Meier. 6, Ben Meyerhofer.
Heat 2 – 1, Ralph Liegeois Jr. 2, Shaun Bangart. 3, Justin Erickson. 4, Nathan Lisowe. 5, Branden Goeser. 6, Cody Booth.
Feature – 1, Shaun Bangart. 2, Ralph Liegeois Jr. 3, Branden Goeser. 4, Ben Meyerhofer. 5, Brian Chiminatti. 6, Jeff/Scott Brendel. 7, Justin Erickson. 8, Chris Maas. 9, Cody Booth. 10, Mike Montie. 11, Mike Meier. 12, Nathan Lisowe (DNS).
Join us this Friday, July 18th for the July Late Model Invitational, with $1500 to win, $175 to start with $150 to non transfer cars. No Entry Fee.
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